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Contemporary Art Blog


Peter Corr's latest paintings are to be showcased at the Manchester Art Fair!
Peter Corr at The Manchester Art Fair
Friday Evening Preview Ticket
Friday 15 November 2024, 5-9pm
peter corr
Nov 11, 2024


Exploring the Fusion of Tradition and Contemporary: Landscape Painters - Gold Enamel and Gravity
Using gravity and motion as his tools, Jackson Pollock, also known as 'Jack the Dripper', created a new form of dynamic, expressive and...
peter corr
Jan 30, 2024


Mastering Cold Wax Painting: Tips for Adding Intricate Detail
As an artist, it is important to consider the appropriate level of detail for a particular work. Although including intricate fine detail ca
peter corr
Jan 23, 2024


What effect does the addition of cold wax medium have on an oil painting?
Using cold wax medium with oil paint to create a forest
peter corr
Jan 20, 2024


How do I use oil paint with cold wax medium?
What is Cold Wax Medium and how can I use it effectively in my oil paintings? Can I make my cold wax medium? Your questions answered
peter corr
Jan 10, 2024


'Emerald Vault' Peter Corr Painting Purchased by a collector from the Darryl Nantais Gallery, Linton, December 2023
Peter Corr Painting Sale This highly textured and imposing oil and cold wax large-scale painting has recently been purchased by a...
peter corr
Jan 3, 2024


New and Returning Artists at Edinburgh Art Fair 16 - 19 November 2023
EDINBURGH ART FAIR: Location Opening Times/Dates Artists Complimentary Tickets New Artists I will be exhibiting at the Edinburgh Art Fair...
peter corr
Nov 8, 2023


How artists can learn from Jeff Beck's guitar playing? Try jamming with a blackbird!
How to be creative with oil paint and cold wax. Using Jeff Becks guitar playing for inspiration
peter corr
Jan 31, 2023


Zen and The Art of Cold Wax Painting
Zen and The Art of Cold Wax Painting Personal Rewards of Painting Modern Life vs Painting Physical Act of Making Where does Cold Wax fit...
peter corr
Nov 2, 2022


Is painting similar to Irish dancing, but upside down?
Cold wax landscape painting techniques
peter corr
Aug 29, 2022


Modern Art gives birth to itself, says contemporary artist
Hello and welcome to my contemporary Art blog. An inspirational goal for many artists is to make paintings that create themselves. Fun...
peter corr
Feb 17, 2022


Painting the Fenlands - Original Artwork 'Between Worlds' Painted by Peter Corr
Damien Hirst used formaldehyde; he would have been better served by an eco-friendly peat bog. 'Between Worlds' abstract Fenland painting..
peter corr
Dec 18, 2021


Brian Cox and the rediscovery of why trees and forests have been a key theme in my work
Oil and Cold ax painting of a forest 100 x 150 cm on canvas
peter corr
Dec 9, 2021


Narcolepsy and the Cambridgeshire Fenlands. 'Half Sleep'
‘Days stretched calm and plain to the horizon, as though we rose out of peat and will dwindle in a rumour of fog’ Words by Emma Danes....
peter corr
Dec 4, 2021


I wonder if Mark Rothko also painted with old ‘T shirts and cloths?
'Afterglow' 80 x 80 cm Acrylic on Canvas. This painting is part of my ‘Light’ series and is based on the landscape of the Cambridgeshire...
peter corr
Dec 3, 2021


Minimalist Art - Oil Painting for Sale
Close-ups of Artwork Titled 'Settlement' 100 x 30 x 4 cm Oil and Cold Wax Medium on Canvas Thank you for reading my contemporary art...
peter corr
Dec 2, 2021


What is the main purpose of painting?
I make art because it is a natural thing for me to do. To create pictures is to be involved in a strange, wonderful and mysterious...
peter corr
Nov 30, 2021


Themes in painting
This is an oil painting titled 'Archaeology of Thought' and it has been created on a cradled wooden board using cold wax medium. The cold...
peter corr
Nov 29, 2021


Painting with your iPhone or iPad?
You can apply paint with just about anything to hand, literally anything that will hold paint, but within reason of course. On Sky Arts...
peter corr
Nov 22, 2021


Schizophrenia and painting "time was not passing...it was turning in a circle."
'One Hundred Years of Solitude' 150 x 100 cm Oil on Canvas
peter corr
Nov 12, 2021
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